Confinement
[ kən'fainmənt ]
第5级
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n. 监禁，关押;分娩，生产;限制，约束;
📝 例句
her confinement to a wheelchair
半步离不开轮椅对她的束缚
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📖 牛津释义
confinement
n
1 [U] being confined; imprisonment 限制; 监禁
to be placed in confinement, ie in a prison, mental hospital, etc 被监禁, 禁闭（坐牢、 被关进精神病院里等）
The prisoner was sentenced to three months' solitary confinement, ie kept apart from other prisoners. 那犯人被判处单独监禁三个月（与其他犯人隔离）.
2
(a) [U] time during which a baby is being born 分娩期
Her confinement was approaching. 她的分娩期临近了.
(b) [C] instance of this; birth 分娩; 生育
The doctor has been called to a home confinement, ie a birth taking place at the mother's home rather than in hospital. 那医生被请到产妇家里接生.
🔁 扩展释义
*[kәn'fainmәnt]n. 限制, 被禁闭, 分娩【医】 分娩, 生产
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The costs of college get higher every year.
学费逐年增加，越来越贵。
In the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom.
处世似游泳，不会即下沉。
The growth of alternative mental interests is a long process.
精神上多种情趣的培养是一个长期的过程。